Hat holder



June 4, 1935 Q VAN E 2,003,659

HAT HOLDE R Filed July 3, 1954 3 may;

Patented June 4, 1935 REISSUED V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- HAT HOLDER John C. Van Aken, Bidgway, Pa. Application July 3, 1934, Serial No.'7 33, 6 79 2 Claims.

The. invention relates to a holder and more especially to a hat holder or a combination hat and garment holder.

The primary object of the invention is the pro vision of a holder of this character, wherein a hat of the brim style can be placed therein and held when not being worn, the holder being of novel construction and adapted to clamp the hat without disfiguring the same while in the holder, so that there is no liability of the freeing or the dropping of the hat from the holder.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a holder of this character, wherein through the medium of a fork hingedly supported, a hat of the brim style can be readily and easily introduced into the fork and such hat will be held while not worn, the fork under the hinge action and a spring coacting with the hinge clamping the hat against a support, wall or the like, the latter being susceptible of clamping the hat either perpendicularly or horizontally according to the requirement of the mounting of the holder, and also garments may be hung by the holder.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a holder of this character which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and eifective in its purpose, neat in appearance, readily and easily swung to receiving position for a hat and automatically swung to a position for clamping such hat, strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the holder constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view looking toward the innermost side of the holder with the garment hangers removed.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 3 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 3 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 6 is a sectional View on the line 6-6 of Figure 3 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 7 is a sectional view on the line 1'I of Figure 3 looking in the direction of the arrows.

(Cl. 211-322) I V Figure 8is a sectional view on the line.8 8 of Figure 2 lookingthe direction of the arrows.

Figure'9 is a sectional view on the line 9-'9 of Figure 2 lookingi n the'direction of the arrows.

Figure 10 is a view similar-to Figure 1 showing the holder disposed in a horizontalposition and with a hat held therein.

Figure 11 is a view similar to Figure 10 showing a different mounting of the holder.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the holder comprises a forked frame I0 preferably of substantially horseshoe shape and having medially thereof a hinge leaf extension ll provided with pintle eyes or sleeves l2 which are adapted for alignment with pintle eyes or sleeves I3 on an attaching plate [4. Fitted in the outermost pintle eyes 12 of the extension II and in the pintle eyes [3 of the plate M are pintle members l5, these at their outer ends having the heads l6, and joining these members for separation is a rod 11 about which is trained a pair of coiled tensioning springs l8', these at their outer ends being attached, at l9. to the eyes 13 of the plate [4, while the inner ends of the said springs are attached, at 20, to the intermediate pintle eye I2 on the extension H, so that the frame 10 will have a tensioned swinging movement.

The plate 14 is provided with suitable openings 2| for accommodating fasteners 22 which are adapted to secure the said plate to a support, as for example, a vertical wall 23, or to an overhead support, as at 24.

Formed at opposite ends of the plate 14 are socket sleeves 25, these having swingingly mounted therein garment hooks 26, so that garments may be hung thereon when the holder is carried by a support.

The extension I i of the frame III has the curvature 21 therein and at opposite edges of this extension slightly spaced from the sleeves or eyes l2 thereof are spurs 28, the curvature 21 being designed to accommodate the brim 29 of a hat 3!] when placed within the frame It), while the spurs 28 bite into the brim to prevent it interfering with the hinge point of the frame In with the plate l4.

On the limbs of the frame II], at the extremities 3| thereof, are cushioning buttons 32, these serving to contact with the brim 29 of the hat 30 when within the frame In and on removal of the hat from said frame the buttons 32 contact with the support without marring of the same.

' in Figure 10 or as shown The frame l0 carries an outwardly struck bead 33 to give strength and rigidity thereto, the bead formation being projected into the extension H to strengthen it correspondingly to the frame.

It will be apparent that the plate I4 is made with and without the sleeve 25 which is optional with the manufacturer of the holder.

In the use of the device, assuming that the plate I4 has been made secure to the vertical wall 23 and normally under the action of the springs l8 the frame I0 is sustained substantially parallel with the face of the wall, the buttons 32 being in contact therewith. When it is desired to place a hat within the frame "I of the holder it is only'necessary to pull outwardlynpon this frame and place the crown part of the hat within' the frame, with the brim 29'of said hat resting On release of the frame, the same returns to normal position, as shown in Figover the frame.

ure 1 of the drawing, thus holding-the hat firmly and securely when in this position.

The holder is adaptable for mounting as shown in Figure 11 of the drawing.

What is claimed is:

1. A holder of the character described comprising a forked frame having a hinge leaf extension provided with pintle sleeves, an attaching plate having pintle sleeves interfitted with the pintle sleeves on the extension, pintle members fitted within said pintle sleeves, a rod interfitting thepintle members, coiled springs having their outer ends attached to the pintle sleeves on'the plate and their inner ends attached to one pintle sleeve on the extension, and cushioning buttons at ,the, extremities of said forked frame.

: 2. A holder of the character described comprising a forked frame having a hinge leaf extension provided with pintle sleeves, an attaching plate having pintle sleeves interfitted with the pintle sleeves on the extension, pintle members fitted within said pintle sleeves, a rod interfitting the pintle members, coiled springs having their outer ends attached to the pintle sleeves on the plateand their inner ends attached to one pintle sleeve on the extension, cushioning buttons at the extremities of said forked frame, and spurs formed at opposite edges of the extension.

JOHN c. VAN AKEN. 

